GPSU march called off over ‘late’ police response

The Guyana Public Service Union march planned for yesterday was called off and the union’s first vice president Mortimer Livan said that this was due to the late response from the police.

“We had applied to the police for permission to march today but got the permission at about 10hrs…That messed up with mobilization, we had expected to bring members from out of town but I had told them if by 8am they don’t hear from us…expect to get information by 830hrs but couldn’t get the members out,” Livan said.

In recent weeks there have been scattered protests by public servants at the public hospital in the